Want a CM only Forum?

[mapo]

Over the past several months, I have found that I am wishing we had a Current Cast Member forum where we can discuss topics. It would be in line with a Break Room/Backstage mentality where we can truly air out things.

I have found numerous times that some of our guests at SGT just do not understand and seem to squelch Current CM conversation. I am not saying that we should ban them from access to all areas. I am saying perhaps we want just one Forum to be Current Cast Member only.

I have attached a poll to gauge other Cast Members' opinion.

MAPO

[kurtisnelson]

Not a CM at this moment, but based on the fact that I will be in the fall it makes sense. We are very close to getting SGs on SGT. Maybe not a CM only forum, but a you've been here a year and nominated by a moderator forum or something. Certain people are getting on my nerves, and I am not cast yet.

[Ho-say]

That sounds potentially interesting.

Btw mapo: love that you put the 2004 hurricane pin as your avatar. I have mine around here somewhere...... :)

[Anna]

I voted "yes" but I would like for Universal Studios team members to be included. We share the same issues and the same guests that cast members at Disney do.

[joanna71985]

I'm on the fence about this, because I both do and don't want a CM-only forum.

[Main Streeter]

Absolutely would be interested in a CM Forum. Great idea MAPO! I could then wildly vent abt our new DL CM Shuttle change - Hate it! :twisted: Also the lack of K Lot parking, with no courtesy stop. :mad: Mon. was the first day & it sucked. :soap:

[CujoSR]

Well here's my opinion on the matter, and it carries some weight. We (Polar and I) made a decision early on in the development of SGT to allow anyone to come and visit us and chime in on the topic at hand. I never wanted a situation like at Hasbeens where there is very little traffic and nobody around to participate in the discussion. There it also the thought of the Haves and the Have nots. If you weren't a CM and knew about this forum wouldn't you be dissuaded from ever coming back? I certainly would be. And think about all the extra work the SGT Team and Myself would have to put in to verify and update statuses for over 4,000 members (granted nowhere near that amount would apply, but you get the drift). Lastly, how in the hell would we verify anybody's status in the first place? Disney isn't going to give me access to the employee database and neither would any other theme park. We could go with the old Hasbeens model (verification by a current member) but then we get back to the haves and the have nots.

In conclusion. Not gonna happen. No way. No how.

[Main Streeter]

Well here's my opinion on the matter, and it carries some weight.
In conclusion. Not gonna happen. No way. No how.

Totally understand your logic. No argument from this poster. Your quick reply with valid reasons are why I never wander from SGT site.

[BRWombat]

Cujo, thanks again for the work (and thought) you and the other mods put into this site. FWTW, as a non-CM I didn't mind the idea of a CM-only thread too much, mainly because I've been a little put off by the "us vs. them" undertones starting to percolate in some of the threads -- maybe if CMs had a place of their own that wouldn't spill over into the public parts of SGT. Good points why SGT isn't the place for that, though.

[Zazu]

I have to vote "no" on this proposal. My reasons include:

1. No damn way to make it happen. We haven't got the ability to verify employment, and wouldn't take it if it were offered.

2. This whole site is a no-holds-barred area. There aren't any off-topic subjects, nothing we should hold back from discussion except for a few security and safety issues that should be obvious to CMs with a room-temperature IQ. Thus there's no need for a private room to discuss "secret" issues.

3. The whole concept that the world divides into CM and non-CM is false. The world divides into Stupid and Not Stupid. We've had a few Stupids show up here, and when they wouldn't behave, they were removed.

4. There are cast-only forums on the net. Hasbeens is one, though it does cost money to join and there's not much activity there. There may be others, and I would encourage folks who know of them to post notice of them here not more than once per year.

5. While I'm glad to moderate between Stupid and Not Stupid, I'm not at all interested in moderating between CM and non-CM. Anybody who thinks that's a useful division is probably either Stupid or drifting that way.

6. We tried this once. We set up a forum that was limited to monorail cast. It hasn't been used. At all. I think it's time to take it down, or perhaps leave it as an object lesson.

The original purpose of SGT was to provide a place for CMs to let off steam and laugh about the Stupids we have to deal with. We let non-cast join so they could see the problem from our side and perhaps avoid being Stupids themselves. This has worked very well for us, and the vibrant community we now have in the Break Room -- which has grown much faster than the stupid posts -- shows this was a good call.

Dividing our little group into the holy and the less-holy doesn't strike me as an improvement.